Pis hijacked in Reading
24th March 1994, Page 11
24th March 1994
Page 11
Page 11, 24th March 1994
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• Armed hijackers in a car with a flashing blue light flagged down and stole a lorry carrying .C50,000 worth of electrical goods near Reading last week
Police are warning drivers in the area to be vigilant. The masked robbers kidnapped the driver at gun point within minutes of him leaving the QTR Transport depot at 04:30hrs.
Driver David Abbott was forced from the cab, hooded and bound, but released unharmed 15 hours later more than 200 miles away in Leicestershire.
The white Leyland Freightliner, in Goldstar livery, was scheduled to make deliveries of TVs and videos in Yorkshire and Merseyside. Registration number is G571 Rj13. The truck is valued at £20,000.